AK Rockefeller Topics

merdeka

Indonesia: Hundreds Arrested in West Papua Demonstrations

Indonesia: Hundreds Arrested in West Papua Demonstrations

Source: abc NEWS Indonesian police detained several hundred people Monday at protests around the country demanding independence for remote West Papua. Arrests were made in cities in Sulawesi, Java and Papua but demon ...

Filep Karma will only accept an unconditional release from prison

Filep Karma will only accept an unconditional release from prison

West Papuan political prisoner and freedom fighter, Filep Karma, has refused an offer of clemency from the Indonesian government because he was never guilty of a crime in the first place. ...

The Road To Home: Documentary About West Papua Independence Leader Benny Wenda
PLAY VIDEO

The Road To Home: Documentary About West Papua Independence Leader Benny Wenda

Feature length documentary by Dancing Turtle Films about the Nobel Peace Prize nominated West Papua independence leader Benny Wenda. ...

Historical speech by Vanuatu PM calls for UN action on West Papua
PLAY VIDEO

Historical speech by Vanuatu PM calls for UN action on West Papua

The Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Moana Carcasses called for international action on West Papua at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Following on from his speech at the UN last September, Mr Carcasses f ...

West Papuan cause getting new international support

West Papuan cause getting new international support

New support for the West Papuan movement becoming member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and the New Caledonian Kanak nationalist coalition FLNKS (already an MSG member) are the stro ...

A Music Video Tribute for Assassinated Papuan Leader Kelly Kwalik
PLAY VIDEO

A Music Video Tribute for Assassinated Papuan Leader Kelly Kwalik

Kelly Kwalik was a West Papuan freedom fighter. He was assassinated by Indonesian police on December 16th, 2009. He waged a resistance movement from the jungles against the Indonesian military and American mining gia ...

West Papuan Human Rights Leader Appeals to International Community
PLAY VIDEO

West Papuan Human Rights Leader Appeals to International Community

Victor Yeimo, KNPB Chairman reads an appeal to the international community ...

David Bridie’s Wantok Music Sing Sing at London 2012
PLAY VIDEO

David Bridie’s Wantok Music Sing Sing at London 2012

The sound of West Papua freedom was brought to the people of London at the official pre-Olympic concert in Greenwich Park, London, July 21st 2012. ...

Jayapura mother and her 5 year old son arrested by Detachment 88

Jayapura mother and her 5 year old son arrested by Detachment 88

A Jayapura mother, Kristin Kogoya, and her 5 year old son, Lokpere Wene were arrested and detained by the Indonesian military and Police special anti-terrorist squad, Detachment 88, in Jayapura on Thursday ...

Merdeka! The Struggle for Freedom in West Papua
PLAY VIDEO

Merdeka! The Struggle for Freedom in West Papua

Indigenous freedom fighters, isolated & outnumbered and with almost no weapons, wage a resistance struggle against a massive army and brutal police forces with US training & funding. ...

Benny Wenda & Jennifer Robinson on Rising Tensions in West Papua
PLAY VIDEO

Benny Wenda & Jennifer Robinson on Rising Tensions in West Papua

RECENT violence in West Papua has highlighted the ongoing conflict between Indonesia's rulers and native Papuans struggling for independence. ...

Lamberth Pekikir acknowledges the risks he is taking

Lamberth Pekikir acknowledges the risks he is taking

Lamberth Pekikir, the general co-ordinator of the TPN/OPM who is now being hunted down by the military, has declared that he is prepared to accept the consequences of his actions, saying that he knows what the conseq ...

Benny Wenda at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2012
PLAY VIDEO

Benny Wenda at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2012

West Papuan tribal leader and human rights advocate Benny Wenda exposes the ongoing colonial occupation of his homeland by the Indonesian government. ...

Police brutally beat woman at Nabire, West Papua, protests

Police brutally beat woman at Nabire, West Papua, protests

Selvina Muyapa was hit in the face by the Indonesian Army/Police, causing her to bleed heavily, during a demonstration where the people were opposing measures imposed by the Indonesian Government on Papua. ...

An appeal for Filep Karma’s freedom, from his daughter
PLAY VIDEO

An appeal for Filep Karma’s freedom, from his daughter

Former civil servant Filep Karma is currently serving 15 years in prison after taking part in an annual ceremony at which a Papuan independence flag was raised. He was charged and convicted of rebellion on 26 May 200 ...

Violence reinforces West Papua’s independence aspirations

Violence reinforces West Papua’s independence aspirations

Jayapura: A number of acts of violence have occurred in Papua, but none of these incidents have been investigated. which creates the impression that the Indonesian government it simply not interested, while these inc ...

Socratez: “The Indonesian Government Occupies, Colonises and Marginalises Indigenous Papuans”

Socratez: “The Indonesian Government Occupies, Colonises and Marginalises Indigenous Papuans”

Special Autonomy is a political solution or a political bargaining between the peoples of Papua and Indonesia, in order that Papuans remain in Indonesia with a guarantee to protect the people of Papua, the empowermen ...

Conference of International Lawyers for West Papua in Den Haag

Conference of International Lawyers for West Papua in Den Haag

April 5th, 2012, after 51 years, the West Papuan people reclaim their right to self-determination by re-installing a New Guinea Council in West Papua. ...

KNPB demonstrations in support of IPWP launch in The Netherlands
PLAY VIDEO

KNPB demonstrations in support of IPWP launch in The Netherlands

Demonstrations organized by KNPB were held in Jayapura on April 2nd, and will be held again on April 5th to show support for the conference of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) to be held in th ...

Papua Calling Episode 1, 2012 – Muslims Call for Peace
PLAY VIDEO

Papua Calling Episode 1, 2012 – Muslims Call for Peace

Ustad Adnan and Fadhal are part of a small minority of West Papuan Muslims. They argue that the problems in Papua don't just affect the predominantly Christian population. "Don't view the problems in Papua as Christi ...